Argenteuil - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Argenteuil: Encyclopedia - Argenteuil
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argenteuil: Encyclopedia Ii - Argenteuil - History
Argenteuil was founded as a convent in the 7th century (→ Pierre Abélard, Convent of Argenteuil). The monastery that arose from the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Abélard: Encyclopedia - Peter Abélard
Pierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (1079–April 21, 1142) was a French scholastic philosopher. The story of his aff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Monet: Encyclopedia - Claude Monet
Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France
The 2005 civil unrest in France and neighboring countries was a series of riots and other forms of violent clashes between gangs of youth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia - Charlemagne
Charlemagne (c.742 or 747–28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) was the king of the Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ary Scheffer: Encyclopedia - Ary Scheffer
Ary Scheffer (February 10, 1795 - June 15, 1858), French painter of Dutch extraction, was born at Dordrecht. After the early death of his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Abélard: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Abélard - Life
Peter Abélard - Youth. He was born in the little village of Pallet, about 10 miles east of Nantes, in Brittany, the eldest son of a no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Response To The 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Response To The 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Domestic
Response to the 2005 civil unrest in France - Political. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has consistently advocated a tough appr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Assessment Of Rioting
Assessments of the extent of violence and damage that occurred during the riots are under way. Figures may be incomplete or inaccurate. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Hue: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Hue - Early Activities
His family professed Communist beliefs, and Hue, as a child, used to sell issues of the Party newspaper, L'Humanité. He studied at the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rer: Encyclopedia Ii - Rer - History
RER - Origins. The origins of the RER can be traced back to the 1936 Ruhlmann-Langewin plan of the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arrondissement Of Argenteuil: Encyclopedia Ii - Arrondissement Of Argenteuil - Composition
Arrondissement of Argenteuil - Cantons. The cantons of Argenteuil are: Argenteuil-Est Argenteuil-Nord Argenteuil-Ouest Bezons Cormeill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seine-et-oise: Encyclopedia Ii - Seine-et-oise - Split-up
At the first French census in 1801, Seine-et-Oise had 421,535 inhabitants. With the growth of the Paris suburbs, the population of Seine-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Life
Charlemagne - Early life. Charlemagne was the eldest child of Pippin the Short (714–24 September 768, reigned from 751) and his wife ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Life
Much of what is known of Charlemagne's life comes from his biographer, Einhard, who wrote a Vita Caroli Magni (or Vita Karoli Magni), whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Administration
As an administrator, Charlemagne stands out for his many reforms: monetary, governmental, military, or ecclesiastical. Charlemagne - Mon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seine-et-oise: Encyclopedia Ii - Seine-et-oise - General Characteristics
Seine-et-Oise was created on March 4, 1790. Its name comes from the two main rivers (Seine River and Oise River) flowing through it. At i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Timeline
The riots were triggered by the deaths of two teenagers in Clichy-sous-Bois, a poor commune in an eastern banlieue (suburb) of Paris. Ini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne enjoyed an important afterlife in European culture. One of the great medieval literature cycles, the Charlemagne cycle or the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Family
Charlemagne - Marriages and Heirs. His first wife was Himiltrude, married in 766. The marriage was never formally annulled. By her he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Personal Appearance
Charlemagne's personal appearance is not known from any contemporary portrait, but it is known rather famously from a good description of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne, being a model knight as one of the Nine Worthies, enjoyed an important afterlife in European culture. One of the great medie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Hue: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Hue - Hue And Party Reform
When the fall of the Berlin Wall occured, faced with the rapid erosion of his Party, Robert Hue started a series of political transformat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Family
Charlemagne - Marriages and Heirs. His first wife was Himiltrude, married in 766. The marriage was never formally annulled. By her he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rer: Encyclopedia Ii - Rer - Stations
The six stations of Line A opened between 1969 and 1977, and built under the heart of Paris, are: La Défense (situated beneath the curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Charlemagne's Personal Appearance
Charlemagne's personal appearance is not known from any contemporary portrait, but it is known rather famously from a good description of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Family
Charlemagne - Marriages and Heirs. His first wife was Himiltrude, married in 766. The marriage was never formally annulled. By her he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne's reign is often referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance because of the flowering of scholarship, literature, art, and arc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Background
The Franks, originally a pagan, barbarian, Germanic people who migrated over the River Rhine in the late fifth century into a crumbling R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Abélard: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Abélard - Bibliography
Abélard's own works remain the best sources for his life, especially his Historia Calamitatum, an autobiography, and the correspondence ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Response
2005 civil unrest in France - Political. Right wing Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy after the fourth night of riots declared a zero t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rer: Encyclopedia Ii - Rer - Future Developments
The main hypotheses for future extensions to the RER focus on the Line E, which currently ends at Haussmann - St-Lazare. Various Line E e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - The Event That Triggered The Riots
On Thursday 27 October 2005, a group of ten high school teenagers were playing football in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. The teen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rer: Encyclopedia Ii - Rer - Trains
The overall predominance of suburban SNCF track on the RER network explains why RER trains drive on the left, like SNCF trains (except in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Context
On 5 November the New York Times reported the riots had not taken strong ideological or religious overtones, and "while a majority of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Background
The Franks, originally a pagan, barbarian, Germanic people who migrated over the River Rhine in the late fifth century into a crumbling R...   » Read the article